Your favorite spelling of names with many variants

NoMoreTopTen · January 30, 2021, 1:10am

The following girls’ names have over 20 spelling variants. To you, what are the best spellings of:
[name_f]Kaylee[/name_f] ([name_f]Kaley[/name_f], [name_f]Kayleigh[/name_f], etc)
[name_f]Adeline[/name_f]([name_f]Adelyn[/name_f], [name_f]Adaline[/name_f], etc)
[name_f]Kaylin[/name_f] ([name_u]Kaelin[/name_u], [name_f]Kaylyn[/name_f], etc)
[name_f]Madelyn[/name_f] ([name_f]Madeline[/name_f], [name_f]Madeleine[/name_f], etc)
[name_f]Ariana[/name_f] ([name_f]Arianna[/name_f], [name_f]Aryanna[/name_f], etc)
[name_f]Malia[/name_f] ([name_f]Maleah[/name_f], [name_f]Maliya[/name_f], etc)
[name_f]Makayla[/name_f] ([name_f]Michaela[/name_f], [name_f]Mikayla[/name_f], etc)
[name_f]Eliana[/name_f] ([name_f]Elianna[/name_f], [name_f]Elliana[/name_f], etc)

Kipperbo1 · January 30, 2021, 1:13am

Kaylee
[name_f]Adeline[/name_f]
[name_f]Kaylin[/name_f]
[name_f]Madeleine[/name_f]
[name_f]Ariana[/name_f]
[name_f]Malia[/name_f]
[name_f]Michaela[/name_f]
[name_f]Eliana[/name_f]

Sky85 · January 30, 2021, 1:13am

Kayley
[name_f]Adeline[/name_f]
[name_f]Kaelyn[/name_f]
[name_f]Madelyn[/name_f] (I say [name_f]Madeline[/name_f]/Madeleine differently)
[name_f]Ariana[/name_f]
[name_f]Maliyah[/name_f]
[name_f]Mikayla[/name_f]
[name_f]Eliana[/name_f]

brittanyanitarose · January 30, 2021, 1:16am

Honestly I don’t like any version of [name_f]Kaylee[/name_f] or [name_f]Kaylin[/name_f].

For the others:
[name_f]Adeline[/name_f]
[name_f]Madeleine[/name_f]
[name_f]Malia[/name_f]/ [name_f]Maliya[/name_f] (both are equally fine to me)
[name_f]Michaela[/name_f]
[name_f]Eliana[/name_f]

hannahhh · January 30, 2021, 1:18am

Ceilidh
[name_f]Adeline[/name_f]
[name_f]Kaelyn[/name_f]
[name_f]Madeleine[/name_f]
[name_f]Ariana[/name_f]
[name_f]Malia[/name_f]
[name_f]Michaela[/name_f]
[name_f]Eliana[/name_f]

skylerros · January 30, 2021, 1:19am

Chaeli
[name_f]Adeline[/name_f]
[name_f]Kaelyn[/name_f]
[name_f]Madeline[/name_f]
[name_f]Ariana[/name_f]
[name_f]Malia[/name_f] (although I prefer [name_f]Kalia[/name_f], which is actually Hawaiian)
[name_f]Michaela[/name_f]
[name_f]Eliana[/name_f]

kasatka · January 30, 2021, 4:17am

Kaylee
[name_f]Adeline[/name_f]
[name_f]Kaelyn[/name_f]
[name_f]Madalynn[/name_f] (Yes, a GP!)
[name_f]Ariana[/name_f]
[name_f]Malia[/name_f]
[name_f]Michaela[/name_f]
[name_f]Eliana[/name_f]

clu4jc · January 30, 2021, 4:46am

Kayley
[name_f]Adeline[/name_f]
[name_f]Kaylin[/name_f]
[name_f]Madelyn[/name_f]
[name_f]Ariana[/name_f]
[name_f]Malea[/name_f]
[name_f]Michaela[/name_f]
[name_f]Eliana[/name_f]

I tend to prefer more traditional spellings but in some cases I favor the way I first encountered a name spelled

SparkleNinja18 · January 30, 2021, 4:52am

Kaylie
[name_f]Adeline[/name_f] for -line ending, [name_f]Adalyn[/name_f] for -lyn
[name_f]Kaylin[/name_f]
[name_f]Madeleine[/name_f] for both -lyn/-len and -line
[name_f]Ariana[/name_f] (also love Areana as a GP)
[name_f]Malia[/name_f]
[name_f]Michaela[/name_f]
[name_f]Eliana[/name_f]

EagleEyes · January 30, 2021, 4:58am

Kaylee, [name_f]Kailey[/name_f], or [name_f]Kayleigh[/name_f]
Adeline
Kaylin
Madeline
Ariana
Malia, [name_f]Malea[/name_f], or [name_f]Maleah[/name_f]
Michaela
Eliana

sierrajade · January 30, 2021, 5:24am

Kaylie
[name_f]Adeline[/name_f]
[name_f]Kaelyn[/name_f]
[name_f]Madelyn[/name_f] for “-lin” [name_f]Madeline[/name_f] for “-line”
[name_f]Ariana[/name_f]
[name_f]Malia[/name_f]
[name_f]Mikayla[/name_f]
[name_f]Eliana[/name_f]

MiraRina2019 · January 30, 2021, 11:28am

Kayley
[name_f]Adelyn[/name_f]
[name_f]Kaylin[/name_f]
[name_f]Madeline[/name_f] but pronounced [name_f]Madelyn[/name_f]
[name_f]Ariana[/name_f]
[name_f]Malia[/name_f]
[name_f]Michaela[/name_f]
[name_f]Eliana[/name_f]

Ehrob1 · January 30, 2021, 12:19pm

Kaley
[name_f]Adeline[/name_f]
[name_f]Kaylin[/name_f]
[name_f]Madeline[/name_f]
[name_f]Arianna[/name_f]
[name_f]Malia[/name_f]
[name_f]Michaela[/name_f]
[name_f]Eliana[/name_f]

Alana([name_f]Alanna[/name_f], [name_f]Alanna[/name_f],Allannah)
[name_f]Kylee[/name_f] ([name_f]Kyley[/name_f], [name_f]Kyleigh[/name_f])
[name_u]Casey[/name_u] (KC, [name_u]Kasey[/name_u])
[name_f]Rhea[/name_f] ( [name_f]Raya[/name_f] , [name_f]Raia[/name_f])
[name_u]Bailey[/name_u] ( [name_u]Bayley[/name_u], Baleah)
[name_m]Bryer[/name_m] ( [name_u]Briar[/name_u], [name_f]Brier[/name_f])

peachplumpear · January 30, 2021, 12:28pm

Kaylee
[name_f]Adeline[/name_f]
[name_f]Kaylin[/name_f]
[name_f]Madeleine[/name_f]
[name_f]Ariana[/name_f]
[name_f]Malia[/name_f]
[name_f]Michaela[/name_f]
[name_f]Eliana[/name_f]

new.romantic · January 30, 2021, 6:02pm

Ceilidh
[name_f]Adeline[/name_f] (I would pronounce this with a -line ending, not -lyn)
[name_f]Kaylin[/name_f]
[name_f]Madeleine[/name_f]
[name_f]Ariana[/name_f]
[name_f]Malia[/name_f]
[name_f]Michaela[/name_f]
[name_f]Eliana[/name_f]

ethelmary · January 30, 2021, 6:04pm

Cèilidh
[name_f]Adeline[/name_f]
[name_f]Kaylin[/name_f]
[name_f]Madeleine[/name_f]
[name_f]Ariana[/name_f]
[name_f]Malia[/name_f]
[name_f]Michaela[/name_f]
[name_f]Eliana[/name_f]